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Nia and Trey both had a sore throat so their mom told them to gargle with warm salt water. Nia mixed 1 teaspoon salt with 3 cups water. Trey mixed ½ teaspoon salt with 1 ½ cups of water. How much salt water was gurgled in all??

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Answer:

4.5 cups

Step-by-step explanation:

The information about how much salt was added is irrelavant. If you add 3 cups to 1.5 cups you wil get 4.5 cups.

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